BULLETIN                                      7 OCTOBER 2012

TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 2

 

CHURCH SERVICES

Saturday 6 October  

Mass at 10.00 am for those who are sick - CK
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Ellen Vance

Sunday 7 October  

Sunday Mass at 10.00 am for the congregation
Sunday Mass at 12 noon for Kathleen Mullin

Monday 8 October  
Mass at 10.00 am for Drew Tudhope
Mass for Catholic Teachers at 7.00 pm in Saint Paul's Church, Ayr
Tuesday 9 October  

Mass at 10.00 am for the Monaghan family

Wednesday 10 October  

Mass at 10.00 am for Ian Burt

Thursday 11 October  

Mass at 7.00 pm for Tommy Bingham

Friday 12 October  
Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for the Brady and Hilferty families
Saturday 13 October  

Mass at 10.00 am for Isabella Farrell
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for a special intention

The Mass intention list is just over two weeks ahead. Please notify anniversaries as early as you can. Thanks.
Any changes to the above times caused, for example, by a funeral will be notified on the home page of this website.


PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 7 October  

11.00 am
1.30 pm

Tea and Coffee after Mass
Private Function

Monday 8 October  
9.30 to 11.30 am
5.30 to 6.30 pm
6.30 to 8.00 pm
7.00 to 9.00 pm
Parents and Toddlers
Rainbows
Brownies
Saint Vincent de Paul Society
Tuesday 9 October  
11.00 am
6.30 to 9.00 pm
7.00 to 7.30 pm
7.30 to 8.30 pm

Legion of Mary
Saint Anne's Guild
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA)
Cardio 40

Wednesday 10 October  
7.30 pm
7.00 to 8.00 pm

8.00 to 9.00 pm
Ignatian Prayer Group
Zumba
Cardio 40 Toning
Thursday 11 October  
4.00 to 8.15 pm
6.00 to 7.30 pm
7.30 to 9.00 pm

Dancing Class
Brownies
Guides

Friday 12 October  
9.30 to 11.30 am Parents and Toddlers

PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
   Tommy Bingham and Duncan Rhodes (of our parish and whose funeral will take place in England) who died recently;
   Karen Marie Boulcott 2007, William Cambridge 1990, James Martin 1997, Eunice Ward 2001, Peter Martean 1969,
   Catherine McHugh 1977, Joe Brady senior 1963, Vincenzo Carrino 1980, Alex Jamieson 2006, Bill Henderson,
   Mary Colvin 2000, Jane Coulter 1998, Dan Donnelly 1941, Chrissie Ferguson 2006, Joseph Harvey 1998,
   Shannon McTaggart 1996, Maureen Haddington 2002, Vincenzo Marchetti 1968, Ena Millar 1987 and
   John Petrie 1966 whose anniversaries occur at this time and those who are sick.
If a member of your family or a friend is sick, please let us know and give us the details. Father Chambers (01563 533587)
is the chaplain to Crosshouse Hospital and Canon Keegans (01292 263488) is the chaplain to Ayr Hospital. The priest on
call can be contacted through the ward.

If deceased members of your family are not on our anniversary list, please tell Canon Matt
, the parish office or contact
WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net.


SACRAMENT OF FORGIVENESS
The Sacrament of Forgiveness is available at any suitable time as well as from 4.30 pm before the Vigil Mass on Saturday evenings.

OFFERTORY COLLECTION
Last weekend's Offertory collection amounted to £800.78 - many thanks. We are grateful for your generous support of the parish and the diocese to which we pay a monthly levy of £1250.

PARISH CENTRE COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for the
Parish Centre amounted to £365.77 - many thanks.

BANKER'S ORDERS
Have you thought of using a Bankers Order? It assists us with the safe handling of cash. Banker's Orders for the Parish and Centre amount to an average of £3800 per month. Forms are available.

GIFT AID
Gift Aid is a vital source of income. All that is needed is that you pay tax. You simply declare that you give funds to the Church. We do the rest. Why not sign a form today? We get back an extra 25p for every £1 you give the Church in your weekly collection or by way of a donation. There is no need to cancel or renew it. We simply claim in the income we receive.

WILLS
Would you consider remembering Saint Peter's in your will?


CHURCH REPAIRS
The help you give for Church repairs by dropping in a white envelope from time to time is invaluable. We are in the process of getting estimates for the painting of the Church. Recent donations of £60 bring the total to £3754.50.

READERS
Next weekend's readers are Margaret Munn at 5.30 pm and Harry Sammons at 12 noon.

ALTAR SERVERS
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 1 at 5.30 pm, Group 3 at 10.00 am and Group 6 at 12 noon.

SUNDAY TEAS
Next Sunday's teas will be served by Lynsay Houston’s team.

CHILDREN'S LITURGY
The Children's Liturgy has restarted for the Pre-school (3 to 5 years) and Primaries 1 to 3 groups. Next Sunday's helpers are Emma Paterson and Elissa Millar for the pre-5s, Yvette Thorpe and Geraldine Butcher and Maria Paterson for primaries 1, 2 and 3 and Frances Gemmell and Gayle Paterson for primary 4.

80000 VISITS TO SAINT PETER'S WEBSITE
On 23 September, Saint Peter's website had its 80000th visit since its launch on 13 July 2005. The site has over 1550 web pages, 930 pictures, 430 bulletins between 1960 and 2012, 13200 links, some audio and video clips and been viewed in 73 countries. Over 1100 of our deceased relatives and friends are remembered in our Anniversary List. Recently, a Memoriam Cards page was added. The site contains many articles on past and present spiritual and community life in Saint Peter's. Canon Matt and the website author are very grateful to those who have accessed the site, lent photographs, passed on stories, identified errors, made suggestions and expressed compliments. The aims of the site are to make parishioners and others aware of current events and record our history. If you can help with this project, please contact
WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net.

MASS TIMES
We are continuing discussions on Mass times. Your advice leads us to think about 'pairing' Stevenston with Kilwinning and Ardrossan with Saltcoats. All four parishes and Churches will be safeguarded - and need your support - but we cannot sustain all the Masses in the light of falling numbers of priests and people. If Saltcoats has three or two weekend Masses and Ardrossan has two, then if there is only one priest available, it could be managed. The timing of the Masses to enable the priest to get from one place to the other is still at the discussion stage. If we move to two Masses here, it would be the 5.30 pm Vigil and the 10.00 am Mass with perhaps a slight change in time. Plenty of notice will be given before any change takes place. We will soon be publishing the weekday Mass times in both Saltcoats and Ardrossan in each parish bulletin.

YOUTH FOR LOURDES 2013
Application forms for the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes in July 2013 are now available. For more information, please see the poster in the porch or contact the Parish Office.

LAPEL CROSSES
Cardinal O’Brien called on all Catholics to 'wear a cross with pride' these days. We have a few lapel crosses available at the stall.

YEAR OF FAITH
The diocesan Mass to mark the opening of the Year of Faith will take place in Saint Margaret’s Cathedral, Ayr on Sunday 14 October at 3.00 pm.

MASS FOR CATHOLIC TEACHERS
The annual Mass for Catholic teachers in the diocese will take place in Saint Paul’s Church, Ayr on Monday 8 October at 7.00 pm. An invitation is extended to anyone who wishes to participate in this Mass to join Bishop Cunningham and our teachers in acknowledging the importance of Catholic education in the diocese. The theme of the Mass will be Teaching in the Year of Faith.

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
There will be a Remembrance Day Service in the Evangelical Union Church, Ardrossan at 1.00 pm.

CEMETERY MASS
The annual Mass in the Cemetery for the parishioners of Ardrossan and Saltcoats will be held on Sunday 18 November at 2.00 pm.


SAINT MARY'S LOURDES GROUP
Saint Mary’s Lourdes Group is hosting a Sunday Roast Lunch in Saint Mary’s Church Hall, Saltcoats at 1.00 pm - after 12 o’clock Mass on Sunday 21 October. Tickets cost £5 with all proceeds going the Saint Mary’s Lourdes Group. For more information or tickets, please contact Jean on 467165 or Sadie on 602442 as soon as possible so that the number to be catered for is known. All are welcome.

50/50 CLUB
We thank the 50/50 Club members
for their continued support of the 50/50 Club and the parish of Saint Peter in Chains. If you would like the chance to win a prize and help the parish at the same time then join the 50/50 Club and contact the Promoter M Sammons on 01294 469006 now.

RAINBOWS AND BROWNIES THANKS
A very big thank you to Monday night Rainbows and Brownies for the £600 raised at their recent sponsored disco and donated to the Parish Centre.

PARISH LOURDES GROUP CHORAL EVENING
Thanks to all those who attended the evening. £400 was raised.

DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND
Due to cancellations, two places have become available on the diocesan pilgrimage to the Holy Land which will take place from 15 to 22 October 2012. Accommodation can either be two single rooms or one twin. If you are interested, please contact Mancunia Travel Limited on 0161 790 6838 or Office184@mancunia.com.

PAPAL BLESSINGS
Papal Blessings for a wedding, wedding anniversary or a special birthday can be ordered at the stall. The price of the parchment and postage has gone up drastically. We now have to ask £40 for the Blessing. Please leave plenty of time.

NEW MISSAL
New Missals containing the new Rite are now available at the stall £7.99 or £9.99.

LARGE PRINT MASS BOOKS
Mass Books in Polish are available from the stall. Sunday Readings in most European languages can be printed from the parish website.

NOVENA CANDLES AND GRAVE CANDLES
There is a nice selection of Novena and Grave Candles available at the stall.

VISITORS
Are you visiting us for Mass? Please know that you are very welcome. During the 10.00 am Mass there is a Children’s Liturgy provided for preschool children, children in Primaries 1 to 3 and a Sacramental Programme for children in Primary 4. After the 10.00 am Mass, tea, coffee cakes and buns are available in the Parish Centre. At all of our weekend Masses, we have a second collection for our Parish Centre debt.

USED PRINTER CARTRIDGES AND OLD MOBILE PHONES
There is now a large green box in the foyer of the Parish Centre and a small box at the stall where you can place all old printer cartridges and mobile phones for us to recycle. Through recycling these we can raise some much needed funds. Thanks.

ADVERTISER SUPPORT
Our advertisers would welcome your support. We are grateful for their continuing sponsorship. We are grateful for the support of Mr and Mrs Sohal, Nisa Stores, Glasgow Street for the weekly donation of tea, coffee and milk for the Sunday teas.

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS - MISSION STATEMENT
The Catholic Church in Scotland is concerned with the lives, safety, wholeness and well-being of each individual person within God's purpose for everyone. It seeks to safeguard the welfare of people of all ages who are involved in whatever capacity
with the Church and its organisations. As a Church community, we accept that it is the responsibility of all of us, ordained, professed, paid and voluntary members, to work together to prevent the physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect of children, young people and vulnerable adults.